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Conference talks, classroom ILT, virtual training, and corporate briefings on WordPress, AI operations, and learning technology — practitioner delivery for developer, L&D, and editorial audiences.
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Newspapers with WordPress
Slide deck from a 2012 talk on running a newsroom on WordPress — editorial roles, workflow, and the technical choices that keep multi-author publishing honest.
The Five-Principle Spine
Anyone who teaches, speaks, or trains in technical fields and wants to see what their through-line actually is. One afternoon, with access to your last decade of work.
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Lorne Fade — Make a Living Giving It Away talk
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This is absolute gem of a presentation by Chris Ross which proves yet again that you can still earn a decent wage by providing VALUE to people for free.
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What 15 WordCamp Talks Taught Me About WordPress Careers
Eighteen WordCamp deliveries across fifteen unique talks, eight cities, and two countries — from free plugins in 2011 to a live game show in 2024 — and the five principles that stayed constant the whole time.
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Pedigree of Oat Lines (POOL) keynote at AAFC Central Experimental Farm, 2008
In 2008, I gave a keynote at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's Central Experimental Farm in Ottawa, to oat geneticists from around the world, about a database I had built for them. Unusual chain: built the platform, then explained it to the people who would use it, with both audiences in the room.
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Membership Site for $30: WordCamp Ottawa 2016
WordCamp Ottawa 2016 — live-build membership site talk on the Code Creators track. Third of four 2016 deliveries; the Hamilton recording is the archive.
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Doug Millington — Make a Living talk, Toronto 2011
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Entertaining and engaging talk – more directed to WordPress developers and consultants – was hoping for a little more about how people using WordPress as a platform can make money.
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Designers and Developers Panel: Ottawa 2017
WordCamp Ottawa 2017 — a five-person panel on how designers and developers actually work together: shared experiences, advice, and communication techniques.
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Blogosphere Blitz Live: WordCamp Buffalo 2024
WordCamp Buffalo 2024 — an educational live game show on WordPress, web marketing, social media, and emerging tech. Three contestants, two tracks.
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Membership Site for $30: WordCamp Buffalo 2016
WordCamp Buffalo 2016 — the live-build membership site talk, six weeks before the recorded Hamilton version. Hamilton recording is the canonical archive.